Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
The A-10 isn't always the most dominate or effective. Pros/cons of all platforms.
Maybe "popular" or "as utile" would have been a better term
Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
You are right though - even a moderately robust air defense drives the tactics as seen in the first Gulf War; and you know what they expected would happen to the A-10s should they plug the gap against the red hordes!
We hashed that in the thread/link I quoted